Category Archives: Crane News

ALE reaches first milestone for Yamal Lng Project in Belgium

ALE is currently contributing to the trans-shipment operations of the Yamal LNG Project’s Modular Intermediate Storage Yard (MISY) at the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium. ALE’s scope on Yamal LNG project encompasses services for: Load-in of modules shipped from Asian fabrication yards Jack-down and storage of the modules in a dedicated laydown yard Load-out of […]

40 t telescopic crane from SENNEBOGEN simplifies maintenance of buoys at WSA Tönning

The Tönning Water and Shipping Authority ensures safety on the North Sea waterways along the western coast of northern Germany. This also includes maintaining the navigation aids that mark the shipping lanes in the water in the form of conical, jade, or spar buoys and weigh up to 6 t. The remarkably large buoys are […]

Gulf Haulage Heavy Lift Company erects the first wind turbine in Saudi Arabia using a Liebherr LR 1750 crawler crane

Ehingen/ Donau (Germany) March 2017 – Heavy haulage and heavy lift contractor Gulf Haulage Heavy Lift Company (GHHL) has erected the first wind turbine in Saudi Arabia. A Liebherr LR 1750 crawler crane was used to erect the 84 metre tower, the 83 tonne nacelle and the 60 metre blades. The wind turbine in Turaif […]

Compact telescopic crane from SENNEBOGEN is increasingly replacing revolving tower cranes on Aggerbau building sites

The revolving tower crane is OUT- the mobile telescopic crane is IN. This is how the company, Aggerbau, from Northern Germany is summarizing the development of building sites. This is essentially due to greater flexibility and simple practicability amongst building sites. Aggerbau GmbH & Co. KG has developed not only very dynamically in domestic house […]

Three new Liebherr LTM 1250-5.1 mobile cranes for Megalift

Ehingen / Donau (Germany) March 2017 – Megalift GmbH will receive three new Liebherr LTM 1250-5.1 mobile cranes within three months. Company proprietor Bernd Preusse says that the VarioBallast® on this crane model was a major criterion behind the purchase. The three new 250-tonne machines will add to Megalift’s Fleet at its site in Bremen […]

London’s largest Crane ready for lifting at Earls Court

The heavy lifting crane, London’s largest crane, is now ready to begin work on site at Earls Court. The Earls Court development, led by Capital & Counties Properties PLC will create 8,000 homes and 10,000 new jobs as well as a new High Street and a new five-acre park in London. Demolition of the former […]

Experience Innovation: port handling with balance principle: SENNEBOGEN 8160 EQ at Buss Erk

A new balance material handler, the SENNEBOGEN 8160 EQ, unloads arriving ships in Iskenderun Turkey. The machine saves up to 75% on operating costs thanks to a sophisticated balance principle and electric drive. The Hamburg Buss Group, established as a stowage since 1920, is now a reliable partner in matters of port logistics and shipping […]

Liebherr celebrates handover of LR 1300 to Bigge during Conexpo Show

Las Vegas, March 2017. Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH celebrates the 101-year anniversary of Bigge Crane & Rigging with the handover of another LR 1300 crawler crane. At the Liebherr exhibition stand on Thursday Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH celebrated the 101-year anniversary of Bigge Crane & Rigging, one of its biggest crane customers, with the official handover of […]

Port mobile crane 9300 E from SENNEBOGEN

With the new port mobile crane from the Straubing crane manufacturer, port operators are given a new, high-quality alternative for container handling on the market. Similarly, the mobile port crane shall present an interesting solution for all ports which handle mass or general goods with ships up to around 100,000 DWT. The 9300 E is […]